Five years on from Wandavision, audiences finally get to see what happened to Vision in the new Marvel Studios series VisionQuest – and this time, you’ll need tissues. Written and produced by Terry Matalas, the series continues Vision’s story following the events of Wandavision.
The eight-episode series, coming to Disney+ later this year, sees Paul Bettany return to the role of Vision, this time in a striking new form. Reconstructed and all-white, Vision sets out to regain his memory and sense of self.
In a recent appearance on The Official Marvel Podcast, Head of Streaming, Television and Animation at Marvel Studios Brad Winderbaum revealed some new details about the show. “VisionQuest is so rewarding for fans of the Wandavision trilogy, but also fans of the MCU, especially the Infinity Saga. What’s amazing about Terry Matalas is [it’s] like talking to someone who grew up at Marvel. The guy knows the lore as well as any of the producers here.”
“He manages a way to pull from MCU mythology in such clever ways that don’t feel like homework, don’t feel like old ideas that you have to remember but feel like fresh ideas that pull from the same rich well of concepts that the universe has kind of put in the toy box for us.”
Delving into the show’s emotional stakes, he adds, “It’s really about fathers and sons and specifically about three generations of grandfather, father, son. Can a man who had an abusive father be a good father himself? It gets very emotional at times and it’s an exciting adventure.”
“When you see Vision kicking ass, and you get that Marvel fun and adventure, it’s all done on a backdrop of real human stakes and emotion, which makes the show feel very grand. It’s like an adrenaline rush”
The star-studded series, featuring James Spader, Todd Stashwick, Ruaridh Mollica, T’Nia Miller, Emily Hampshire, Orla Brady, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and James D’Arcy, is scheduled to land on Disney+ later this year.
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